In 2005 I managed to buy a 55.000 miles driven running 354 engine from a parts car my friend bought for his '57 300C project. And luckily enough the parts car had exactly the same interior my car once had so I got also the original seats to replace the ones my car had.
Some people just can't resist the temptation to wipe a dusty car or write or draw something on it. These pics above were taken in May 2009 - almost five years after the previous pics - and previous wash! Besides getting all dusty again, someone had also broken the passenger side rear light lens during the winter 2008-2009.
We pulled the car out of the garage and as it was cloudy and rainy in 2004 when we moved and washed the car, this was the very first time in sunlight since 1992 for the Windsor! After a quick wash we moved the car to our own garage. Finally it was time to get all the pieces together.
New whitewall tires, reproduction rear lenses, reproduction MoPar rubber mats and some other goodies.
Checking the brakes resulted a surprise. Previous owner had removed everything inside the rear brake drums. I guess he was going to make a brake overhaul back in the early 90's but never had a chance to finish the work.
After going through all the stuff that was inside or near the car when it was rescued in 2004, we were able to find some of the missing parts. Some of them were quite rusty though. First pic above shows everything what was left from the rear brakes!
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something..." - original alternator had been under dripping water for a decade but fortunately the one from the replacement engine is better. We also got drive shaft and the missing brake parts from a friend and he also borrowed his extra starter and extra power steering pump for us to get the Windsor on the road again. If someone has starter and a power steering pump for sale, let me know.
New stuff waiting to be assembled. Brake overhaul kit, shocks, some gaskets and some other parts and some paints and cleaners.
